The Enlightened Path

The Enlightened Path is a cutscene in the Hidden Realm.

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	King Sidd	Ohmmmmm... Ohmmmmmm... I said whom is it that has traveled The Enlightened Path? Well, is enlightenment all that you expected it to be? Maybe you just don't see what it is that you have been shown. ...Sit. ...Let me tell you the tale of my people, the Oni.
		Long ago, in the dark times of the Great Funkey Wars, it seemed that all was lost. This place, the Perilous Verge, home of the Oni, was besieged on all sides. It seemed as if we were doomed to fall to the marauding horde of the evil King Kahn.
		As a final effort, I had all the paths leading to the Verge destroyed, isolating my people atop the tallest mountain. I instructed Kane to release the Gauzian Blur, a powerful magic that blurs and obscures, to further shield us. I cut off contact with the other Funkeys tribes, believing that if my tribe was to survive the horde, we would do this alone!
		As I would come to find, without the help of the Oni, the remaining Funkeys tribes finally united under the great King Funkankhamun. Together they were able to drive back the armies of Kahn bringing an end to the Funkazoic Era, and began the great golden age of Funkeys.
		With the Perilous Verge shrouded in the Gauzian Blur, and no contact from the Oni, King Funkankhamun believed the Oni had been lost to the advancing hordes. ...The Perilous Verge had become a Hidden Realm.
		Isolated within our walls, and hidden from the outside world, news of the war's end never reached the Oni. Believing that war still raged right outside our gates, we determined to remain vigilant... And prepared! We built the great Oni Dojo so that all of our warriors could perfect their combat skills in preparation for a great battle we knew would some day come.
		But constant fighting can get a bit tiresome... And as the years passed with no news from the outside world, I wondered if there was something more to this Funkey existence. So I climbed to the highest point of the forbidden realm, sat under this bodhi tree, built this telescope, and took a look around.
		What I saw amazed me, and in an instant, I was a changed Funkey. I saw the different tribes of Funkeys now living in harmony. I saw the wondrous things they had built together, and I realized that isolation was not the answer. All the prosperity, all the fighting, all the wealth did not matter if you didn't share it with others. We spent so much time keeping the armies of our enemies out, we lost sight of how to welcome our friends in.
		I was determined to share this realization with other Funkeys. But of course, you can't become, if you only say what you would've done. Enlightenment can not simply be given, it must be earned. To achieve this, I created the gates and sent my airship to Funkeystown in order to connect with the remaining tribes of Funkeys. I hoped that those Funkeys who could devise how to open these gates would truly travel the path to enlightenment.
		So now that you've heard my tale, have you realized the enlightenment it is that you've achieved? Yes! You see it now don't you... While each Funkey is different, we are all Funkeys, and only by working together, can we ever hope to achieve anything truly great!. ...Deep huh?, Now if I could just figure out what those confounding mysterious buttons do? Hmm...